Residents across several towns in southern Brazil were jolted awake early Tuesday by a powerful explosion that destroyed part of an explosives manufacturing facility near Curitiba, the capital of Paraná state. The…

A fire broke out on Petrobras’ inactive offshore Platform PCH-1 (Cherne 1), located in the Campos Basin about 130 kilometers off the coast of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, injuring at least 14…